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US 6,332,796 B1Granted
Structure of a fluorescent tube seat
OwnerChuan-Ying Cheninventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an improved structure of a fluorescent light-tube seat comprising a base seat, a panel, an axle, an engaging peg, a spring, a hole covering an “Π”-shaped member, two conducting copper plates, wherein two fluorescent light-tube seats are used as one module to facilitate the installation of the fluorescent light-tube by vertically repeating pushing dismantling action of the fluorescent light-tube.
Claims2
A fluorescent light-tube seat structure having a seat body comprising;
- a base seat having a front end being provided with a “Π”-shaped recess, and the bottom end of the lateral wall of the recess being a curved surface, and the center area of the top end of the seat body being a cylindrical slot in communication with the “Π”-shaped recess, the bottom end of the cylindrical slot being provided with a protruded edge, and the walls of the cylindrical slot being provided with two kinds of ribs of different height and thickness such that a lower protruded fib is located between two higher ribs, forming three ribs which are spaced apart;
- a panel having two parallel straight guiding slots separated with a distance being equal to the distance of the tube pins, and a contacting end provided to the panel being provided with a plurality of insertion pegs and a mounting block being provided in between two guiding slots, the lateral sides of the mounting block being provided with an engaging slot and the bottom edge thereof being tilted toward the interior thereof;
- an axle pivotally mounted at the hollow tube body of the cylindrical slot, having the top end formed into 6 wave-like elements and the external of the edge surface of the tube being formed into a plurality of corresponding teeth structures having a rail thereon;
- an engaging peg being a hollow peg body mounted onto the top end of the axle, and the top end of the peg being a cap edge having a diameter smaller than that of the cylindrical slot, and the circumferential edge of the cap edge being formed into three engaging teeth structures;
- a hole cover having a surface provided with a through hole for wires, and being used to seal the hole on the cylindrical slot;
- a spring being urged between the top end of the engaging peg and the hole cover;
- a “Π”-shaped member mounted at the bottom end of the axle and located in between the mounting block and the “Π”-shaped recess;
- two conducting copper plates having a section at the bottom end thereof formed into an arch-shaped structure, and respectively mounted at the sides of the “Π”-shaped member.
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